The emperor was equally polite, and descending from his dromedary, advanced to meet me.

"I am happy," said he, "to have the honour to receive so illustrious a traveller, and assure you that everything in my empire shall be at your disposal." I thanked his Majesty for his politeness, and expressed how happy I was to meet so polished and refined a people in the centre of Africa, and that I hoped to show myself and company grateful for his esteem, by introducing the arts and sciences of Europe among the people.
I immediately perceived the true descent of this people, which does not appear of terrestrial origin, but descended from some of the inhabitants of the moon, because the principal language spoken there, and in the centre of Africa, is very nearly the same.

Their alphabet and method of writing are pretty much the same, and show the extreme antiquity of this people, and their exalted origin.

I here give you a specimen of their writing [_Vide Otrckocsus de Orig.

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